Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. What is behind the actions of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Ukraine, and how can this end? The relationship of Patriarch Bartholomew with the Roman Catholic Church
Date of Birth: March 12, 1940 Country: Turkey Biography:The 232nd Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I was born on March 12, 1940 on the Turkish island of Imvros. He graduated from school in Istanbul, the theological school - on the island of Halki. In 1961-1963 served as an officer in the Turkish army. He received further education (church law) in Switzerland and the University of Munich. Doctor of Theology from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.
On December 25, 1973, he was consecrated bishop with the title of Metropolitan of Philadelphia. For 18 years he was the head of the Patriarchal Cabinet. In 1990 he was appointed Metropolitan of Chalcedon.
The reaction to the anti-canonical actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople was the statements of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church September 8th and 14th. In a statement dated September 14, in particular: “If the anti-canonical activity of the Patriarchate of Constantinople continues on the territory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, we will be forced to completely break off Eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The full responsibility for the tragic consequences of this division will fall personally on Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the hierarchs supporting him.”
Ignoring the calls of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the fullness of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the fraternal Local Orthodox Churches, their primates and bishops for a pan-Orthodox discussion of the “Ukrainian issue”, the Synod of the Church of Constantinople adopted unilateral decisions: to confirm the intention to “grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church”; about the opening in Kyiv of the "Stavropegy" of the Patriarch of Constantinople; about the "restoration in the hierarchical or clerical rank" of the leaders of the Ukrainian schism and their followers and "the return of their believers to church communion"; on the “cancellation of the action” of the conciliar charter of the Patriarchate of Constantinople of 1686, concerning the transfer of the Kyiv Metropolis to the Moscow Patriarchate. The announcement of these decisions was published by the Patriarchate of Constantinople on October 11.
At a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, held on October 15, it was adopted in connection with the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church. Members of the Holy Synod continued to stay in Eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
The statement, in particular, says: “The acceptance into communion of schismatics and anathematized in another Local Church persons with all the "bishops" and "clerics" ordained by them, encroachment on other people's canonical destinies, an attempt to renounce their own historical decisions and obligations - all this takes the Patriarchate of Constantinople beyond the canonical field and, to our great sorrow, makes it impossible for us to continue Eucharistic communion with its hierarchs, clergy and laity."
“From now on, until the refusal of the Patriarchate of Constantinople of the anti-canonical decisions it has made, it is impossible for all clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church to serve with the clergy of the Church of Constantinople, and for the laity to participate in the sacraments performed in its churches,” the document states.
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church also called on the Primates and Holy Synods of the Local Orthodox Churches to properly assess the aforementioned anti-canonical deeds of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and to jointly search for ways out of the grave crisis that is tearing apart the body of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
On December 15, in Kyiv, on the territory of the Sophia of Kyiv National Reserve, under the chairmanship of the hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Gall, the so-called unifying council, at which it was announced the creation of a new church organization called the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which arose as a result of the unification of two non-canonical structures: the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church" and "Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate".
Materials about the anti-canonical actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine are published on
Place of work: Orthodox Church of Constantinople (Primate) Email: [email protected] Website: www.patriarchate.orgPublications on the Patriarchy.ru portal
Ecumenical Patriarch - Primate Church of Constantinople. Historically, he is considered the first of equals among the primates of all. What does this mean and how this story developed, we will talk a little later. Now let's find out who is the Ecumenical Patriarch. So, on October 22, 1991, this title was awarded to Bartholomew I (in the world Dimitrios Archodonis), who is also His Divine All Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople (the old name of the city of New Rome).
Patriarch
This title was formed when the city of Constantinople became the capital. The first Ecumenical Patriarch Akakiy (472-489) was titled after the Fourth (451, Chalcedon). Then, in rules 9, 17 and 28, the all-imperial jurisdiction of the bishop of New Rome was proclaimed, which in importance took the second position after Rome.
By the end of the 6th century, the role and title are finally accepted in both civil and ecclesiastical acts of the Byzantine Empire. But the papacy of Rome did not accept the 28th canon. It was only in connection with the union at the 7th Ecumenical Council (1438-1445) that Rome finally placed the Patriarchate of Constantinople behind itself in a second role.
Patriarchate in Russia
But in 1453, Byzantium fell after the siege of Constantinople by Turkish troops. At the same time, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople was able to maintain his position as the leader of the Christian world, but already existed under the Ottoman Empire. Nominally, he remained the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, but was very weakened and exhausted in material terms, until the patriarchate was established in the Russian state (1589). During the reign of Boris Godunov, as is known, Job (1589) became the first patriarch in Russia.
After World War I, the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist. In 1923, Constantinople ceased to be the capital, in 1930 it was renamed the city
power struggle
At the beginning of 1920, the Patriarchate of Constantinople in its ruling circles began to form the concept that the entire Orthodox diaspora of churches should completely submit to the Patriarch of Constantinople. Since it is he who, according to the assembly of the Greek elite of the so-called Phanariotes, from now on has the primacy of honor and power, therefore he can interfere in any internal affairs of other churches. This concept was immediately subjected to repeated criticism and was called "Eastern papism." However, it was de facto approved by the practice of the church.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: biography
Bartholomew is a Greek by ethnic origin, who was born on February 29, 1940 on the Turkish island of Gokceada in the village of Zeytinli-keyu. After graduating from high school in Istanbul, he continued to study at the Chalcedon Theological School and was ordained a deacon in 1961. Then he served two years in the Turkish army.
From 1963 to 1968 - while studying at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, then studied at the University of Switzerland and Munich. Then he taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he received a doctorate in theology.
In 1968, the ordination to the presbyter took place, in which Patriarch Athenagoras I participated. In 1972, already under Patriarch Demetrius, he was appointed to the post of manager of the Patriarchal Cabinet.
In 1973 he was consecrated Bishop Metropolitan of Philadelphia, and in 1990 he became Metropolitan of Chalcedon. From 1974 until his enthronement as a patriarch, he was a member of the Synod and a number of synodal committees.
In October 1991 he was elected as the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople. The enthronement took place on November 2 of the same year.
Bartholomew and the Russian Orthodox Church
After enthronement, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visited the Russian Patriarch in 1993. After the schism in Russia in 1922 (when Constantinople showed its sympathies to church criminals, and not canonical church) this meant a thaw in their relationship. Moreover, a split occurred again in the Russian Orthodox Church, supported by the Ukrainian authorities, then the self-proclaimed Kyiv Patriarchate appeared, headed by Filaret. But in this moment, Bartholomew I supported the canonical Metropolitan of Kyiv, His Beatitude Vladimir (Sabodan).
In 1996, a sharp conflict arises with the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church. Moscow did not recognize the church structure of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Estonia as canonical. The name of Bartholomew for some time was even excluded from the diptychs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Meetings
In 2006, a conflict situation arose in the Sourozh diocese of the MP for British Isles. As a result, Bishop Basil, its former administrator, was accepted into the bosom of the Church of Constantinople, but just as soon left from there at the desire to marry.
In 2008, in honor of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Russia, President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko was waiting for the approval of Patriarch Bartholomew for the unification to take place Ukrainian churches into a single local, but did not receive it.
In 2009, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow officially visited the residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople. During the negotiations, many important issues were discussed, while Bartholomew promised not to interfere in the church situation that had developed in Ukraine.
Then, in 2010, there was a return meeting in Moscow, where the theme of the Great Pan-Orthodox Council was discussed. Bartholomew also urged the doubting believers of Ukraine to return to the canonical church.
The relationship of Patriarch Bartholomew with the Roman Catholic Church
In 2006, Bartholomew invited Pope Benedict XVI to Istanbul, and the meeting took place. The Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch in a conversation mourned that the two churches had not yet united.
In 2014, the meeting of the Patriarch and Pope Francis took place in Jerusalem. It was regarded as private, the conversations were mainly in an ecumenical direction, for which he is now very much criticized.
The surprising fact of this meeting was the fact that Pope Francis, as a sign of humility, kissed the hand of the patriarch, who, in turn, politely and tolerantly answered with a cross-shaped kiss.
Ecumenical patriarchs: list
Patriarchs of the latest period:
- Dorotheos of Prussia (1918-1921);
- Meletius IV (1921-1923);
- Gregory VII (1923-1924);
- Constantine VII (1924-1925);
- Vasily III (1925-1929);
- Photius II (1929-1935);
- Benjamin (1936-1946);
- Maxim V (1946-1948);
- Athenagoras (1948-1972);
- Demetrius I (1972-1991);
- Bartholomew I (1991).
Conclusion
Soon, in June 2016, the Great will be held where one of the important issues will be discussed - the attitude towards others Christian churches. There can be many different disputes and disagreements. After all, now all the Orthodox brethren are concerned about the holding, as it is also called, the Eighth Ecumenical Council. Although such a definition of it would be incorrect, since no church canons will not be discussed at it, because everything has long been decided and in no case is subject to change.
Last Ecumenical Council passed in 787 in Nicaea. And then there was still no Catholic schism, which occurred in the Christian Church in 1054, after which the Western (Catholic) with its center in Rome and the Eastern (Orthodox) with its center in Constantinople were formed. After such a split, the Ecumenical Council is already a priori impossible.
But if the Catholic Church wants to unite with the Orthodox, then this will happen only if it repents and lives according to the canons of Orthodoxy, it cannot be otherwise. This also applies to other churches, including the schismatic Kyiv Patriarchate, which, for its part, is also waiting for recognition and unification.
Greece offended - Putin has ignited a "holy war", as the Greek media write ( see photo), between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church! It seems that the current rulers Russian state and the Churches decided to completely quarrel the Russians with all the fraternal Orthodox peoples: http://www.zougla.gr/kosmos/article/ieros-polemos-1340393
Initially, the Ukrainians, who were our blood, were declared “enemies”, and already in early June 2016, the Levada Center was taken aback by the data of the latest opinion poll, according to which the Russians allegedly assigned the second place in the list of “enemies” to ... fraternal Ukraine - 48% ?! However, why be surprised if just recently Patriarch Kirill personally declared the war in Ukraine "sacred" (sacra bellum). August 14, 2014 at 19:55 Moscow time Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev)'s message to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches was published on the official websites of the ROC-MP and DECR-MP: “We cannot ignore the fact that the conflict in Ukraine has an unambiguous religious background. The Uniates and the schismatics who joined them are trying to defeat canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine. With the outbreak of hostilities, the Uniates and schismatics, having received weapons in their hands, under the guise of an anti-terrorist operation began to carry out direct aggression against the clergy of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the east of the country" ("With the beginning of hostilities, the Uniates and schismmatics, having been given arms , under the pretext of antiterrorist operation, began an outright aggression against the clergy of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the east of the country"): https://youtu.be/T40kkgM2MIE
Then the Bulgarians were offended when they became the object of general ridicule in the entire Orthodox ecumene due to the fact that the official statement of the Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) chaired by Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria dated June 1, 2016, with the refusal to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete under a far-fetched the pretext “they didn’t sit down like that” word for word coincided with the letter of Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, addressed on the same day, June 1)))
This was reported by the Greek newspaper To Vima, the message of which was translated into Bulgarian by the church Internet publication Doors of Orthodoxy, which expressed strong dissatisfaction with the fact that Patriarch Kirill not only duplicated a number of demands from the Bulgarians, but also pretended to know nothing about their speech )))
in Constantinople and Greek Churches The self-withdrawal of the Bulgarians is directly connected with the “treachery” of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church: for example, the Metropolitan of Ierapitna and Sitia, Evgeny Politis (of the Cretan Orthodox Church), said that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia “behaves like a tsar” and that he forced the Bulgarians to boycott the Cathedral! Metropolitan Chrysostomos Savvatos of Messina (Orthodox Church of Greece) also expressed his conviction on Greek radio 9.84FM that it was the Moscow Patriarchate that specifically created the problem.
Now they have taken on the Serbs, whom the official Russian media vied with each other to accuse of almost betrayal and reproach for “reconsidering their decision under pressure from the Phanar”?! Allegedly, it was precisely “the statement of the Serbian Church that became one of the reasons for the refusal of the Moscow Patriarchate to send its delegation to the Council”: http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=63407
Why blame from a sick head on a healthy one, if already on the eve scandalous statement Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of June 13, 2016 with a refusal to go to the Pan-Orthodox Cathedral was known that the primate of the Serbian Church, Patriarch Irinej, in his congratulations to Patriarch Bartholomew on the occasion of his name day ( see photo) June 11, 2016 (!) assured the Ecumenical Patriarch that the Serbian Church would definitely take part in the Cretan Council!
Immediately upon arrival in Crete on June 15, 2016, Patriarch Bartholomew I blamed Pan-Orthodox Councilна предстоятелей «некоторых церквей», внезапно отказавшихся от своих подписей под общим решением о проведении Собора на Крите, принятом 5 месяцев назад в Женеве «επισκιάζει η απόφαση ορισμένων εκκλησιών να μην προσέλθουν και να μην συμμετάσχουν στην Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο . Η ευθύνη για την απόφαση τους, βαρύνει τας ιδίας τας εκκλησίας αυτάς και τους Προκαθημένους των, διότι μόλις προ πενταμήνου εις την Γενεύην, κατά την σύναξη των Ορθοδόξων Προκαθημένων, αποφασίσαμε και υπογράψαμε να έρθουμε τον Ιούνιο στην Κρήτη και να πραγματοποιήσομε αυτό το πολυχρόνιο όραμα που έχουμε όλες οι Εκκλησίες προς διακήρυξην και διαδήλωσην της ενότητας της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας και εις εξέταση και απόφαση,από κοινού, για τα προβλήματα, τα οποία απασχολούν σήμερα τον Ορθόδοξο κόσμο»: https://youtu. be/ lJKW5 LTws4k
According to the Greek media, “Crete was chosen as the meeting place to meet the demands of the Russian Church, which did not want to come to Constantinople because of the well-known problems in relations between Russia and Turkey. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew did everything possible for the participation of the Russian Church. Immediately upon arrival in Crete, the Ecumenical Patriarch again called on all the "refuseniks" to come. Of course, this won't happen. And it will not happen, because their refusal was caused not by spiritual, but by political and geopolitical reasons. In particular, it is clear that Mr. Putin believes that holding such a Pan-Orthodox Church Council under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is the defeat of the Kremlin in its competition with the West. Of course, as in many other lines of his behavior, he lacks seriousness, but this automatically deprives the church of seriousness, whose cornerstone is Truth, which, of course, has nothing to do with political and geopolitical rivalry. It is painful to see how the President of Russia, the Church and the people of the country do nothing to ensure the successful holding of the Council by the Patriarchate of Constantinople and personally by Patriarch Bartholomew. For while the Ecumenical Patriarch stands up for the unity of the Orthodox, Mr. Putin and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church will watch the course of events from afar”: http://www.ekirikas.com/%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%80 %CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%84% CE%B9%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7 -%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B4/
The official statement of the Greek Foreign Ministry emphasized that the Holy Cathedral in Crete "is the most important event Orthodox Church for the last 1300 years”: http://www.real.gr/DefaultArthro.aspx?page=arthro&id=514954&catID=3
At the same time, sources in the Greek Foreign Ministry told the world media that the Embassy Russian Federation in Athens sent an oral note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 1166 ... about the participation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the Holy Council of the Orthodox Church. In particular, Mr. Kirill must arrive at the airport of Chania in Crete on Thursday 06/16/2016 on a special flight from Moscow and depart on Sunday 06/26/2016 from the same airport" ...
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Constantinople (Ecumenical) Orthodox Church
Eusebius of Nicomedia (338/9-341)
Proclus (434-446) (He began his Church career as a cell-attendant at John Chrysostom. He was known as a moderate church leader and a supporter of compromises. He was the author of more than 20 sermons, 7 epistles and other writings).
John II Cappadocian (518-520) (Confirmed the decision of the Council of Chalcedon and anathematized the distributor of the Eutychian heresy (Monophysitism). He died in 520).
Anastasius (730-754)
Constantine II (754-766)
Nikita I (766-780)
Anthony I Cassimata (821-834)
St. Ignatius (secondary) (867-877)
Nicholas II Chrysoverg (979-991) (Before the patriarchate he was Metropolitan of Adrianople. Known for his letters).
In 991-996. - the throne is vacant.
John IX Agapit (1111-1134), (Before becoming a patriarch he was a deacon Great Church, acted as hieromnimon).
Khariton Eugeniot (1178-1179)
Maxim II (1215) (Residence in Nicaea. Prior to becoming patriarch, he was abbot of the Akimites monastery in Constantinople. He was known as a great saint of women from the Nicene court gynoecium, thanks to whose patronage he became patriarch).
Methodius (1240) (Before the patriarchate, he was hegumen of the Nicene monastery of Iakinf. He was known for being a knowledgeable person, but in fact he was not very educated. He ruled the Church for only three months).
Mitrofan II (1440-1443) (Before the patriarchate, he was the metropolitan of the city of Kyzik).
Gennady II (for the third time) 1464-1465
Simeon I of Trebizond 1465
Mark II Xilokarawi 1466-1467
Dionysius I 1466-1471
Simeon I (secondary) 1471-1475
Raphael I 1475-1476
Maxim III Christonim 1476-1482
Simeon I (for the third time) 1482-1486
Nifont II 1486-1488
Dionysius I (secondary) 1488-1490
Maxim IV 1491-1497
Nifont II (secondary) 1497-1498
Joachim I 1498-1502
Nifont II (for the third time) 1502
Pachomius I 1503-1504
Joachim I (secondary) 1504
Pachomius I (secondary) 1503-1513
Theoleptus I 1513-1522
Jeremiah I 1522-1546
Joannicius I (illegitimate) 1524-1525
Dionysius II 1546-1556
JoasaphN 1556-1565
Mitrofan III 1565-1572
Jeremiah II Tranos 1572-1579
Mitrofan III (secondary) 1579-1580
Jeremiah II (secondary) 1580-1584
Pachomius II Batista (illegal) 1584-1585
Theolept II 1585-1587
Jeremiah II (for the third time) 1587-1595
Matthew II 1596
Gabriel I 1596
Meletius I Pigas m/bl 1596-1597
Theophan I Karikis 1597
Meletios I, m / bl (secondary) 1597-1598
Matthew II (secondary) 1598-1601
Neophyte II 1602-1603
Matthew II (third time) 1603
Raphael II 1603-1607
Neophyte II (secondary) 1607-1612
Cyril I Lucaris, m/bl (Patriarch of Alexandria) 1612
Timothy II 1612-1620
Cyril I Lucaris (former locum tenens) 1620-1623
George IV (not recognized) 1623-1634
Anfim II 1623
Cyril I (for the third time) 1623-1633
Cyril II Kondaris 1633
Cyril I (fourth time) 1633-1634
Athanasius III Patellarius 1634
Cyril I (fifth time) 1634-1635
Cyril II (secondary) 1635-1636
Neophyte III 1636-1637
Cyril I (sixth, times) 1637-1638
Cyril II (for the third time) 1638-1639
Parthenius I the Elder 1639-1644
Parthenius II the Younger 1644-1646
Ioanniky II (not recognized) 1646-1648
Parthenius II (secondary) 1648-1651
Ioanniky II (secondary) 1651-1652
Cyril III Spanos 1652
Athanasius III (secondary) 1652
Paisios I 1652-1653
Ioanniky II (for the third time) 1653-1654
Cyril III (secondary) 1654
Paisius I (secondary) 1654-1655
Ioanniky II (fourth time) 1655-1656
Parthenius III 1656-1657
Gabriel II 1657
Parthenius IV 1657-1662
Dionysius III Vardalis 1662-1665
Parthenius IV (secondary) 1665-1667
Clement (not recognized) 1667
Methodius III Moronis 1668-1671
Parthenius IV (for the third time) 1671
Dionysius IV Muselimis 1671-1673
Gerasim II Ternovsky 1673-1674
Parthenius IV (fourth time) 1675-1676
Dionysius IV (secondary) 1676-1679
Athanasius IV 1679
Jacob 1679-1682
Dionysius IV (for the third time) 1682-1684
Parthenius IV (fifth time) 1684-1685
Jacob (secondary) 1685-1686
Dionysius IV (fourth time) 1686-1687
Jacob (for the third time) 1687-1688
Callinicus II Acarnanus 1688
Neophyte IV Philaret 1688-1689
Kallinikos II (secondary) 1689-1693
Dionysius IV (fifth time) 1693-1694
Callinicus II (for the third time) 1694-1702
Gabriel III 1702-1707
Neophyte V (not recognized) 1707
Cyprian 1707-1709
Athanasius V Margunius 1709-1711
Cyril IV 1711-1713
Cyprian (secondary) 1713-1714
Kosmash 1714-1716
Jeremiah III 1716-1726
Paisius II 1726-1732
Jeremiah III (secondary) 1732-1733
Seraphim I 1733-1734
Neophyte VI 1734-1740
Paisios II (secondary) 1740-1743
Neophyte VI (secondary) 1743-1744
Paisius II (for the third time) 1744-1748
Cyril V 1748-1751
Paisius II (fourth time) 1751-1752
Cyril V (secondary) 1752-1757
Callinicus III 1757
Seraphim II 1757-1761
Ioanniky III 1761-1763
Samuel I Khantziris 1763-1768
Meletius II 1768-1769
Theodosius II 1769-1773
Samuel I (secondary) 1773-1774
Sophronius II 1774-1780
Gabriel IV 1780-1785
Procopius 1785-1789
Neophyte VII 1789-1794
Gerasim III 1794-1797
Gregory V 1797-1798
Neophyte VII (secondary) 1798-1801
Kallinikos IV 1801-1806
Gregory V (secondary) 1806-1808
Callinicus IV (secondary) 1808-1809
Jeremiah IV 1809-1813
Cyril VI 1813-1818
Gregory V (for the third time) 1818-1821
Eugene III 1821-1822
Anfim III 1822-1824
Chrysanthes I 1824-1826
Agafangel I 1826-1830
Constantius I 1830-1834
Constantius II 1834-1835
Gregory VI 1835-1840
Anfim IV 1840-1841
Anfim V 1841-1842
German IV 1842-1845
Meletius III 1845
Anfim VI 1845-1848
Anfim IV (secondary) 1848-1852
German IV (secondary) 1852-1853
Anfim VI (secondary) 1853-1855
Cyril VII 1855-1860
Joachim 1860-1863
Sophronius III 1863-1866
Gregory VI (secondary) 1867-1871
Anfim VI (for the third time) 1871-1873
Joachim II (secondary) 1873-1878
Joachim III 1878-1884
Joachim IV 1884-1887
Dionysius V 1887-1891
Neophyte VIII 1891-1894
Anfim VII 1895-1897
Constantine V 1897-1901
Joachim III (secondary) 1901-1913
Herman V 1913-1918
locum tenens
Prussian - Dorotheus 1918-1921
Caesarea - Nicholas 1918-1921
Meletius IV Metaxakis 1921-1923
Gregory VII 1923-1924
Constantine VI 1924-1925
Vasily III 1925-1929
Photius II 1929-1935
Benjamin I 1936-1946
Maxim V 1946-1948
Athenagoras I 1948-1972
Demetrius I 1972-1991
Bartholomew 1991-
Used materials of the book: Sychev N.V. Book of dynasties. M., 2008. p. 863-871.
"Adulterous Heresy"“There is no such crime that he would not risk, at least under pain of the gallows” - the well-known phrase of Karl Marx about a capitalist aiming for a 300% profit. So for the Patriarch of Constantinople there is no such crime, if only to triple his flock (now the CP belongs to a little more than 5 million believers). “Even if under pain of the gallows” (sometimes literally), the ecumenical patriarch is always ready to take risks for this. In the 20th century, the Patriarchate of Constantinople (it is often called Phanar, the district of Istanbul where the patriarchate is traditionally located) gained a reputation as the "Trojan horse" of the Orthodox world.
A lot has already been said about the illegal issuance of autocephaly to Kyiv. Istanbul Patriarch Bartholomew, for the first time in church history, grants "independence" to a hierarchy that does not exist. It's like issuing a civil passport to a person who has not even been conceived yet. And it is symbolic that Bartholomew at the same time officially allowed the so-called "second marriage for the priesthood", that is, in church language, he fell into "adulterous heresy."
So we can say that the future "autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church" will be the fruit of heretical adultery. Everything seems to be there: Orthodox churches, and humble parishioners in them, and bishops at the head, and "sovereign independence" - and there is no one to grant independence. It so happened, and in order for “autocephaly” to still come into being, you will have to rape someone a little, and copulate with someone in an unconventional way. So what, Bartholomew and the Kyiv authorities will say, "we are all born in sin." But there is original sin, and there are personal, unrepentant sins, they bind the sinner hand and foot. So the Phanar, a serial criminal of church laws, is following the suicidal path of schism.
Patriarch Bartholomew, President Petro Poroshenko, Poroshenko's wife
After the release of the Tomos (decree) on Ukrainian autocephaly, according to the plan of Patriarch Bartholomew and President Petro Poroshenko, a “Constituent Assembly” should be held, the members of which will conceive a new religious organization. The composition of this assembly is known in advance - these are representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) and the dwarf "Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church" (UAOC), as well as a small number of defectors from the Moscow Patriarchate (MP).
The most notable of the defectors is Archimandrite Kirill (Govorun), former head of the Department of Foreign church connections UOC MP. It is not without reason that he is assigned the role of "the ideologist of autocephaly." The archimandrite began promoting the idea of Tomos back in 2008. But it is unlikely that he ever had a serious influence on the adoption of historical decisions. Archimandrite Kirill is an intellectual and aesthete, and also a "collector of theocracies", as he called himself on his page on Facebook. Rather, he is one of those “freethinkers” whom the revolution generated by them quickly processes from humanitarians into humus.
Archimandrite Kirill (Govorun)
The Moscow Patriarchate did not want to believe in Tomos until last day, until the last meeting of Patriarchs Kirill and Bartholomew, held in August 2018. The head of the UOC-MP, Metropolitan Onufry (Berezovsky), spoke about the actions of the Phanar as follows: “Today, the great power of Byzantium has become Turkey, and the faith there is now not Orthodox. Today, Orthodox believers there can be counted on the fingers. Those who have brought their homeland to the point where it has turned from an Orthodox power into a Muslim state want to command us and teach us how we should live. They also want to bring our Ukraine to the state to which they brought their Motherland. Therefore, there is no moral or canonical right to appoint exarchs here and interfere in our affairs,” he told Inter TV channel.
Anathema of the patriarch on all Greeks
The Patriarchs of Constantinople committed the most terrible betrayals against themselves, that is, ethnic Greeks, and against the Russian Orthodox Church, the main pillar of world Orthodoxy. The point of no return, in my opinion, was the anathema proclaimed in 1821 by Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople (1745–1821). In fact, he excommunicated from the Church ... the entire Orthodox Greek people. To be absolutely precise, the Ecumenical Patriarch in 1821 twice anathematized fellow believers. The first anathema was addressed to the Greeks, who inhabited only the province of Ugrovlachia, where there were the most massive demonstrations against the Turkish invaders. But the Turkish Sultan and Sheikh-ul-Islam (the head of religious affairs in the Ottoman Empire) did not like her text. The Sultan ordered the Patriarch to excommunicate all Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire from the Church. And Gregory V obediently carried out the order... 
Patriarch Gregory V
You can say as much as you want about Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated from the Church under pressure from the Sultan, that by doing so he was trying to save the Church itself and the lives of the clergy, but only one fact remains indisputable: the Phanar betrayed his own people. And did it when christianity was ready to come to the aid of the fraternal Orthodox people. The liberation struggle was prepared by the Filiki Eteria (Friendly Society), a patriotic secret organization that was founded in 1814 in Odessa. The desire for liberation was common to all Greeks. The uprising began in February 1821, when Prince Alexander Ypsilanti, the son of the Wallachian ruler, entered Moldova with a small detachment, fought against Napoleon as part of the Russian army, had the rank of general and was at the head of the Filiki Eteria. A few years later, Greece was recognized as an independent state under the protectorate of the great powers (Protocol of London).
Well, Patriarch Gregory V himself, despite the betrayal of his people to please the Sultan, was hanged, in his full hierarchal vestments, at the gates of the patriarchate. The sultan appointed the deaf Metropolitan Eugene of Pisidia as the new patriarch. Heading to the Sultan's palace for a label, Metropolitan Eugene passed through the gate, on which the body of Patriarch Gregory still hung. The result of this anathema was the creation of the Greek Orthodox Church, independent of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Agree, then the Greeks had convincing grounds for the autocephaly of their Church. Even without the Tomos of the Ecumenical Patriarch.
Killer of the Russian Patriarchate
Exactly 100 years later, the Phanar commits a terrible betrayal of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). By the beginning of the 1920s, the patriarchate had already been recreated in Russia, for the first time in 300 years Patriarch Tikhon was elected, but for several years now he has been in charge of the country godless power Bolsheviks. The newspaper Izvestia (No. 124 of June 1, 1924) publishes a report that “the ecumenical patriarch removed Patriarch Tikhon from the administration of the Russian Church” and even “banned him from serving.” This was a signal for the start of a joint action by the Phanar, the GPU and the Renovationists against the Russian Orthodox Church, for the complete destruction of Russian Orthodoxy. In 1921, the Bolshevik leader set the same goal as the Turkish Sultan in 1821, and this goal was achieved in communist Russia by the same means as in the Ottoman Empire. But Patriarch Tikhon, unlike Patriarch Gregory V, anathematized only the godless torturers of an Orthodox country.
Shortly before this publication in Izvestia, on April 17, 1924, at a meeting of the Synod in Constantinople, a decision was made to send a special mission to Russia. It followed from the message of the Phanar that the ecumenical patriarch "reduces the manifestations of Russian ecclesiasticism to the Living Church." Two weeks later, on May 6, the Patriarch of Constantinople, speaking before the Synod, called on Patriarch Tikhon to “voluntarily renounce the patriarchate and immediately retire from Church Administration". At the same time, the Synod of the OOC decides that the commission in its work should “rely on church movements loyal to the Government of the USSR.” But the most monstrous thing was that the Phanar officially demanded the abolition of the patriarchate in Russia, that is, in fact, the physical liquidation of the 1000-year-old Church!
Patriarchs Bartholomew and Kirill
On June 6, Patriarch Tikhon received extracts from the minutes of the meetings of the Synod in Constantinople from the hands of the representative of the Phanar, Vasily Dimopulo. On June 18, Patriarch Tikhon sent a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VII, where he pointed out the non-canonical intervention of Constantinople in the affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church. The patriarch wrote: "The people are not with schismatics, but with their lawful and Orthodox Patriarch"After this letter, Patriarch Gregory VII severed relations with Patriarch Tikhon. Thus, with the help of the Phanar, the GPU managed to achieve the external isolation of the ROC, which posed a danger to world Orthodoxy. On June 10, a "pre-conciliar meeting" of the Renovationists opened in Moscow, which made a decision In Russia, the institution of the patriarchate. According to the GPU, the meeting was attended by “156 priests, 83 bishops and 84 laymen.” 126 secret informants of the GPU, or about 40% of the meeting, were sent to this meeting.
But the terrible betrayal of the Phanar and this time did not bring him either a flock, or pieces of silver, or the favor of the Sultan. And you don’t have to be a seer even now, in 2018, to predict: a church organism is not born in a test tube with foul-smelling Phanariot secretions.
